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FROM THE PRESIDENT

2013 ANNUAL LUNCHEON SPONSORS

Thank you to the sponsors of our 2013 Annual Luncheon and Awards Ceremony sponsors. These generous supporters allow us to shine a light on outstanding service in the Montgomery County business community.

we prepare for 2014, and reflect on 2013, it humbles me to be among the volunteers of the CVC. Few are as passionate about corporate volunteerism and community service as those that choose to sit on the Board of the CVC, and their commitment inspires so many around them. My family instilled in me a strong sense of community from a very young age, and as a family we frequently participated in fundraisers and events to raise awareness about issues such as Cystic Fibrosis and fighting blindness. This sense of giving back stayed with me into adulthood and has been a part of my working life at Kaplan University. We were excited to learn how the CVC could help us turn that passion into reality, and help us find the best ways to give back to Montgomery County.

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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. —John Quincy Adams For the past two years, we have had the honor of being led byWill Schroeder, someone who commands respect and admiration for his passion and dedication to the CVC and its mission. I would be remiss if I did not pause to acknowledge his contribution to the growth and continued well-being of the CVC, and note that it was through Will’s leadership that we were able to create the position for and hire an Executive Director. Without him, none of this would be possible.

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On behalf of the Board and our Members, I thank you for your service. 2014 promises to be an exciting and eventful year for the CVC of Montgomery County. After years of dedicated administrative service, the board has just voted to move forward with hiring Sarah Burnett into the Executive Director position for the CVC, and I have no doubt she will be instrumental in taking the organization to the next level. Furthermore, we have unveiled our 2014 Circle of Leadership; an opportunity to provide 12 Workforce for Good service projects which will be championed by our member companies each month. I look forward to your continued support as we approach what will be an exciting and successful 2013-2014 year. I am conﬁdent that together we continue to make a difference in Montgomery County. Yours in Service,

Michelle Fox Day Kaplan University – Rockville Learning Center President CorporateVolunteer Council of Montgomery County

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2013 / 2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President l

Michelle Fox Day, Kaplan University

Executive Vice President l

Helaine Guilliams, M&T Bank

Treasurer l

Rich Stang, DeLeon and Stang CPAs and Advisors

Vice President of Communications l

Laura Rowles, Gaithersburg Germantown Chamber of Commerce

Vice President of Membership l

Dona Deutsch, Deutsch & Associates

Vice President of Programs l

Kelly Caplan, Washington Gas

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Theresa Testoni, Governor’s Commission on Service and Volunteerism

Directors l

Teresa Witt, Adventist HealthCare

Jeff Miller, ActionCOACH Business Coaching

Heath Winter, ArbitrOption Capital Management

Adele Chazin, Chazin & Company

Debbie Lazovick, Boundless Network

Claire Nelson, MedImmune

Marc Wilensky, Mid Atlantic Federal Credit Union

Debbi Jarvis, Pepco Holdings, Inc.

Tim Kerns, TerpSys

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Will Schroeder, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker

Matt Hodgson, hodgsonConsulting

General Counsel l

Ray McKenzie, The Law Ofﬁce of Raymond T. McKenzie, Esq.

Ex-Ofﬁcio Board Members l

Gloria Arnold, Bethesda Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce

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Phone: 240.292.9282 Email: info@cvc-mc.org Web: www.cvc-mc.org

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BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP Beneﬁts of joining the Corporate Volunteer Council of Montgomery County (CVC-MC) include: n

CVC MISSION AND VISION The CorporateVolunteer Council of Montgomery County (CVC-MC) educates businesses on how to partner with and support non-proﬁt organizations by helping create successful volunteer/charitable programs that positively impact the business, its employees and the local community. The CVC-MC is committed to increasing corporate volunteer participation and opportunities among Montgomery County businesses.We accomplish our mission of promoting corporate volunteerism by providing a source of information, by conducting monthly educational programs and networking opportunities, and by supporting and recognizing our member’s efforts.

Free one hour consultation with one of our Employee Volunteer Program (EVP) Development consultants as well as additional support from our Service Committee. Free and reduced cost admittance to CVC-MC programs and events, including educational programs, service projects, and networking events. Partnership in identifying service and volunteer opportunities, as well as guidance in organizing employee volunteer events. Community recognition of your volunteer programs and events through the CVC-MC website, e-newsletters and press releases.

Networking with business leaders and nonproﬁts. Opportunities to serve on CVC-MC committees and the CVC-MC Board of Directors. Opportunities to nominate your business for community service awards. Recognition in the CVC-MC Annual Review, including your company’s corporate responsibility story, distributed at the CVC-MC Annual Luncheon. Listing on the CVC-MC website in the Member Directory. Sponsorship opportunities.

MEMBERSHIP DUES Corporate Volunteer Council of Montgomery County membership dues are collected annually for July 1 – June 30 membership. New members are invited to join CVC-MC throughout the year with dues prorated based on join date. DUES STRUCTURE n n n

0-10 employees $150.00 11-25 employees $375.00 26-50 employees $750.00

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51-100 employees $1125.00 101-500 employees $1500.00 More than 500 employees $2250.00

CVC-MC MEMBERS 2013 1Call4Help, LLC dba PushButton EmergencyHelp

CBIZ & Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.

Johns Hopkins University

Kaplan University Rockville

ActionCOACH Business Coaching

CF Alliance Insurance Services

Adventist HealthCare

Chazin and Company

Laura Forman Communications

Lockheed Martin Corporation

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Allentuck Landscaping

Clean Currents

Comcast

M&T Bank

Smokey Glen Farm

Corporate Network Services

Marriott International, Inc.

SNI Companies

CPR AED and Safety Education

MedImmune

Social & Scientiﬁc Systems

DeLeon & Stang, CPAs and Advisors

Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union

Sport Automotive

Deutsch & Associates, LLC

Montgomery Community Media

Energy Federal Credit Union

Monument Bank

eWomen Network

Pepco

Financial Advantage Associates

Pierre and Associates

Storage Village Self Storage

Plans and Solutions, Inc.

TerpSys

Portal Solutions

The Fehlig Group The Gazette

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Anita Segreti Insurance

Apartment Turnovers

ArbitrOption Capital Management

Beneﬁts Provider Network

Bethesda Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce

Bethesda Green

Bethesda Magazine

BioReliance

Bold Concepts, Inc.

Borden Solutions

Boundless Network

Capitol Beneﬁts, LLC

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Rockville Chamber of Commerce Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy, & Ecker, P.A.

Starpower Fitness Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC

Gary Rosenthal Collection

Hertzbach & Company

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The Universities at Shady Grove

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Property Tax Appeals

Topaz Mortgage

Honest Tea

QuickStream Marketing

Van Eperen & Company

Host Hotels & Resorts

R & W Association

Washington Gas

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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STATE OF MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

A MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR MARTIN O’MALLEY Dear Friends: Welcome to the Corporate Volunteer Council (CVC) of Montgomery County Annual Awards Luncheon. Congratulations to the award winners for their contributions to citizens and nonproﬁts of Montgomery County. I salute the CVC for being selected as this year’s Points of Light award winner and I am proud of your accomplishments. Thank you for continuing to meet the needs in the community, serving as a resource for your members, helping corporations to establish employee volunteer programs and spearheading practices to create solutions for serious social problems. Thank you to the CVC board members, staff and members who have generously donated their time and talent to assist Montgomery County’s neighbors in need. You are an invaluable partner that is helping to improve the quality of life for all Marylanders. Congratulations and best wishes for a successful event. Sincerely,

Martin O’Malley Governor

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A MESSAGE FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY EXECUTIVE IKE LEGGETT The Corporate Volunteer Council of Montgomery County (CVC-MC) provides a vital service of helping businesses create impactful volunteer programs. I am grateful for their partnership and for the contributions of the board, staff and members. The CVC-MC is committed to supporting the County’s Days of Service, Fund for Montgomery and Montgomery Serves Awards. The CVC-MC was named Corporate Volunteer Council of the Year by the Points of Light at its annual 2013 Conference onVolunteering and Service.The CVC-MC was chosen as the recipient of this prestigious award because it teaches businesses how to partner with and support nonprofit organizations.The CVC-MC helps create successful volunteer programs that benefit the businesses, their employees and the community. Montgomery County’s 26-year-old council, provides its more than 80 members with educational programming and resources, creates service and networking opportunities and celebrates successful volunteer programs. Congratulations on a well-deserved honor; the County is very proud of your accomplishments. Over the past two years,Will Schroeder,Attorney at Law at Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy and Ecker, P.A., has served as the President of the CVC-MC. His themes of “Go Big” and “Make it Happen” along with his leadership and focus on process have inspired the board and its members to take the CVC-MC to the next level.The CVC-MC Administrator, Sarah Burnett, has been a valuable and committed staff member and will assume the role of Executive Director later this year. She will provide additional structure and organization allowing the CVC to grow and prosper. During tough economic times, it is more critical than ever for businesses to give back to the community, not just with financial resources, but by lending a skilled workforce to nonprofits helping to make a real difference to our residents through board work and volunteerism. Companies also are lending their resources to provide technological assistance, strategic planning and website design. I am confident that the CVC-MC will continue to be the go-to organization for businesses, who want to create real solutions for serious social issues within Montgomery County. The CVC-MC stands at the intersection of government, nonprofits, and our business sector and our members are a vital link in the partnerships that the County government sees as we move toward serving our one million diverse residents. I applaud the CVC-MC and thank its members for their dedicated service in helping Montgomery County be a remarkable place, to live, work, play and volunteer. Again, congratulations on your award and with appreciation for your service,

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YEAR IN REVIEW The CorporateVolunteer Council (CVC) kicked off our 2013 programmatic year celebrating 25 years of the CVC at our Annual Luncheon and Awards Ceremony in October where an unintentional theme of family emerged. Keynote speaker Johnny Holliday shared how service inspired his family with daughterTracie Rolle in the audience, and Bruce Allentuck of Allentuck Landscaping accepted the Andrea Jolly President’s Award on behalf of his mother, and long-time CVC Board member, Louise Allentuck. Additional Community Service Awards were presented to CVC member businesses recognizing their outstanding corporate citizenship throughout the year: Small Business: StorageVillage Self Storage Medium-sized Business: Host Hotels & Resorts Large Business: Washington Gas Shortly after the Luncheon, our newly installed Board of Directors met for a retreat hosted by the Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce.The strategic plan for the year was discussed and committee directors presented their goals for the year. PresidentWill Schroeder announced the theme of the year would be “Make it Happen!”The message was taken to heart as the Board committed to growing our organization, strengthening membership beneﬁt, and producing valuable programs.The day ended with a service project making 200 bagged lunches for Shepherd’sTable. Solidifying our strong start to the year, we got to work serving during the 26th Annual Community Service Day in Montgomery County.Ten CVC members joined us at two Giant food stores to collect 4,491 pounds of nonperishable food to be distributed to neighbors in need through Manna Food Center.

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As the holiday season began, the ning in February to move into our new CVC partnered with the Rockville home at NonprofitVillage in Rockville. Chamber of Commerce for an evening This shared workspace, offers its tenof networking at Matchbox, where ants the opportunity to operate in a each of the 100 attendees brought at professional environment with shared least one unwrapped holiday gift to resources and support services at a be distributed to local children by the convenient location Montgomery County Holiday Giving Returning to business as usual Program, administered in 2012 by A in March, the CVC and our 2012 Wider Circle. Community Service Awards winners In January, we invited leading gathered for a panel discussion on the experts from Montgomery County unty best practices of corporate volunteerism Office of Emergency Preparedness, ness, the moderated by corporate social responsiAmerican Red Cross, and Montgomntgombility expert, Mary Fehlig ofThe Fehlig ery County Community Emergency gency ResponseTeam (CERT) to share are with us the community resources available vailable when a disaster strikes, the potential ential impact of a disaster to businesses es and our local economy, and the impact pact of disaster on our employees and their families. We worried the lessons ns were a day late when a snowstorm passed through the area that morning, but despite the weather, 35 good corporate citiizens joined us for the program.. Attendees brought with them first-aid kits, flashlights and battteries that were then distributed d toWomenWho Care Ministries. s. The CVC took a brief leave JUNE of absence from program plan--

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Group. At this event, we collected hundreds of pounds of nonperishable food items for neighbors in need. In honor of Earth Day in April, the CVC hosted a GreenVolunteering Fair where CVC members could learn how to engage their employees as volunteers and learned how we can “reduce, reuse, and recycle” to beneﬁt our community. Also in April, we were proud to partner with the Montgomery CountyVolunteer MontCenter and Fund for Mont gomery at the 2nd Annual Montgomery Serves Awards where CVC

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member MedImmune was honored with the Business Service Award. As the days warmed in May, CVC members were itching to get outside and get their hands dirty at the 5th AnnualVolunteering for Business Day at the Button Farm Living History Center. In just a few short hours, 60 volunteers built two split-rail fences, painted a chicken coop and gosling house, weather-stained seven picnic tables and a wisteria pergola, and mulched an entire heirloom garden! Summer storms postponed us initially, but by the end of June we happily partnered with Leadership Montgomery (LM) to host a pizza picnic at Shirley Povich Field before settling in to watch a Bethesda BigTrain game. CVC members and LM grads brought new and gently used sports equipment with them to beneﬁt IMPACT Silver Spring’s Long Branch Athletic Association. In July, our Annual Membership Breakfast gathered CVC members, prospective members, and friends at Smokey Glen Farm for a delicious

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breakfast and a morning of networking. Steve Silverman, Director, Montgomery County Department of Economic Development, was on hand to remind us of the incredible economic impact of volunteerism. Attendees brought in nearly $1,500 in donations for Montgomery County Public School’s Give BACKpacks campaign, where $10 supplies one MCPS student with a backpack and grade appropriate school supplies for the 2013-14 school year. Partnering with the GaithersburgGermantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) in August, we highlighted Manna Food Center’s “Smart Sacks” program supporting 2,200 students from 56 schools in Montgomery County. More than 70 CVC and GGCC members arrived to the networking and educational event with donations for Smart Sacks. In September, we gathered at Montgomery Community Media to discuss the “Cycle of Service” in Montgomery County. Beginning by highlighting the current and changing demographics of

the County, representatives from the U.S. Census Bureau and Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services illustrated the needs in our community. Nonprofit partners, AWider Circle, IMPACT Silver Spring, and Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy, shared how each of their organizations serve our community to provide a better standard of living. In addition, businesses learned how they can engage with non-profits to serve these community needs.The program ended with a moving testimonial from a community member who, with the help of nonprofit organizations and their volunteers, broke the cycle of poverty in her life and joined the cycle of service. Wrapping up the year, and echoing the “Make it Happen” theme set forth at the start of the year, the CVC Board of Directors voted to hire long-time CVC Administrator, Sarah Burnett, as the CVC’s Executive Director. Thank you to the CVC Board of Directors and committee members for a successful year!

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60 volunteers built two split-rail fences, painted a chicken coop and gosling house, weather-stained seven picnic tables and a wisteria pergola, and mulched an entire heirloom garden!

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OF THE YEAR This June, the Corporate Volunteer Council of Montgomery County was awarded the Corporate Volunteer Council of theYear Award from Points of Light. CVC-MC President Will Schroeder of Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker, P.A. and CVC-MC Administrator Sarah Burnett were on hand to accept the award form Points of Light CEO, Michelle Nunn and Points of Light Chairman Neil Bush at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service held at the Washington Convention Center. Points of Light's CVC of theYear Award recognizes a CVCs success in employing the CVC Principles of Excellence. Principles of Excellence include a mission that has a clear purpose, activities that relate to that purpose, and measurements for success. CVC-MC was chosen for the award thanks to our demonstrated commitment to teaching businesses how to partner with and support nonprofit organizations by helping create successful volunteer or charitable programs that benefit the businesses, their employees and the community. This award is a testament to the generous and engaged members of the CVC-MC and all they do to support their nonprofit partners.Thank you! The Board of Directors of the CVC-MC have taken this award as a challenge to do more! In 2014 we look forward to engaging more businesses and their employees in more service projects.We hope you will join us!

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INTRODUCING THE CIRCLE OF LEADERSHIP In 2014, twelve business leaders will participate in the inaugural Circle of Leadership with the Corporate Volunteer Council of Montgomery County (CVC-MC).These businesses will pioneer the ﬁrst “Workforce for Good” service projects in the County, highlighting the value of employee volunteerism and corporate social responsibility as good corporate ate citizens in the community. In collaboration with the CVC-MC, these monthly service projects will offer ALL of our members the opportunity to join together strategically to beneﬁt the community where their employees live and work.At the end of the year, these business leaders will convene a luncheon to evaluate the impact and plan for the next steps in the Circle of Leadership better serving our community. Our sincere appreciation to the 2014 Circle of Leadership for their support of the CVC-MCWe thank you for your commitment to employee volunteerism and corporate social responsibility in Montgomery County. THE 2014 CIRCLE OF LEADERSHIP INCLUDES:

For more information about the Circle of Leadership and how to get involved, contact us at info@cvc-mc.org or 240.292.9282.

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2013 AWARD WINNERS MIDSIZE BUSINESS WINNER American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

LARGE BUSINESS WINNER Adventist HealthCare, Inc. As the first, largest and only not-for-profit health system headquartered in Montgomery County, Adventist HealthCare has more than a century-long tradition of serving the community. Our employees volunteer their time and talent at numerous community events to ensure the health and safety of our communities. In 2012, we provided our community with more than 64,000 health and wellness encounters through a variety of classes, free screenings, counseling, lectures and support groups. And we reached nearly 4,100 people at 56 health fairs throughout Montgomery and Prince George’s counties with health related materials. We focus on chronic diseases prevalent within the communities we serve, as well as those groups that are the most vulnerable.This includes a focus around population health efforts for mothers and babies, and seniors, as well as prevention and treatment of cancer, heart disease and stroke, obesity and influenza. Health fairs we participate in range from LeisureWorld, Montgomery County Public School System, Montgomery County Health Department, City of Rockville, Ingleside at King Farm as well as other private organizations and religious institutions. Centers we partnered with in 2012 included the Rockville Senior Center, Damascus Senior Center, and

Gaithersburg Up-County Senior Center, Mid-County Community Center as well as Forest OakTower Apartments. Our annual Cancer Screening Days for both the Shady Grove Adventist Hospital and the Washington Adventist Hospital communities resulted in 300 participants being given almost 1,000 free screenings for prostate, colorectal, oral, skin, bladder, thyroid and breast cancer. In February, more than 200 people also received 528 free screenings at our LoveYour Heart Expo to educate the community about heart health where we also offered follow-up screenings and one-on-one counseling with medical experts. Adventist HealthCare employees also supported the Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure, which took place on a beautiful Saturday in Washington, D.C. Forty members of our team, Always Hoping for a Cure, joined the June 2 race. Adventist HealthCare was designated as the top fundraising team for the race’s grantee division, which is organizations in the area that have received grants from Komen.We raised nearly $6,000. We are truly blessed to be able to provide our health and medical services to our communities.

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ASHA is proud to support a culture of volunteerism in its employees and to help strengthen its local community. ASHA’s Community OutreachTeam, as part of our larger Social Responsibility CoordinatingTeam, is governed by a project charter to identify, promote and plan community service initiatives to assist local area organizations/charities, which are consistent with ASHA’s mission and vision and of interest to staff. ASHA’s Community OutreachTeam continually meets and identiﬁes different groups and types of donation items to reach out to a larger or varied base of employees throughout the year. Having a strong Community OutreachTeam allows ASHA to improve leadership and other skills in its employees. Being involved in the community promotes teamwork and raise morale among the staff. It gives our employees a stable community in which to work and gives them the satisfaction of helping others. ASHA offers paid administrative leave for half of the| time spent at an approved volunteer activity. ASHA’s CEO, Arlene Pietranton has said, “Volunteerism helps create healthy work life balance.” ASHA believes in building a stable community environment in which to conduct business.We are able to forge stronger ties

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with neighbors and the local government. We set an example for our members and other businesses, encouraging their participation in the community. We gain a positive reputation in the community and promote a satisﬁed workplace. Many of our job applicants are drawn to ASHA because of our community service. The community beneﬁts because ASHA is able to meet local needs and help address societal concerns. We help improve the community environment and gain a source of assistance where needed. ASHA employees are proud of their strong record in charitable donations. Some examples include providing: shoes to Soles 4 Souls; women's clothing to Dress for Success; men’s clothing, household goods and baby layettes to InterfaithWorks; coats to OneWarm Coat; pet supplies to House with a Heart; ponchos and umbrellas to So Others Might Eat; books to Books for America; back to school items to Summit Hall elementary school through Linkages to Learning; and food to the Manna Food Center. In addition, ASHA annually sponsors children through the Safe Shores child advocacy center holiday drive. ASHA is also involved in the Manna Food Center’s Smart Sacks initiative, providing eligible students at College Gardens elementary school with bags of kid-friendly food every Friday so they have food on the weekends when there are no school meals to sustain them. Employees can also get involved by choosing various team-sponsored volunteer and donation opportunities or check the list of local opportunities and decide if, how and when to volunteer.

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SMALL BUSINESS WINNER Corporate Network Services Corporate Network Services (CNS) created our community service program Community Counts four years ago to formalize the volunteer service we have done in the community over the last 20 years. The program includes a variety of service including service days, ﬁnancial contributions, sponsorships, collection drives, leadership positions for community activities, technical support and administrative assistance hours. We involve our customers by tying our annual client holiday gifts to one of our volunteer efforts during the year. For example, our employees contributed over 800 food items for hungry children to our Manna Food Center Smart Sack Food drive to feed hungry children on weekends and holidays.We gave CNS clients a snack gift of a personalized mug, hot chocolate, cookies, Manna information, and made a cash donation to Manna. A small committee plans the activities (often referring to the CVC web site for ideas), and then our marketing manager promotes the ideas both internally and externally. An annual budget is established and approved by the Executive team and then set aside for charitable activities for the year. CNS’ Community Counts program concentrates its support in our own Poolesville and Montgomery County communities. CNS supports many Poolesville events with donations: Fall Fest,WUMCOWalk, HolidayTree Lighting, Poolesville Day, Poolesville Day 5K, PAA sports, PHS Newspaper, designed and printed PHS Basketball Banquet programs. Our President initiated and coordinated a mentor program for PHS juniors and seniors seeking internships. CNS volunteers forWUMCO Help (cash, food collection and Holiday assistance for WUMCO client family for 8 years), Button Farm (fence restoration and gardening), Manna Food Center (food collection and food sorting and stacking), InterfaithWorks (donated winter coats), Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS give Backpacks), Montgomery County Little League (sponsorship), Montgomery Countryside Alliance, Heartly House, Hospice Frederick County, Red Cross

OklahomaTornado fund; collected flash drives, hats and gloves, and funded diapers at Bright Beginnings, packed meals for shipment to Haiti. CNS’ president and Administrative Assistant are theTreasurer and Secretary, respectively, of this year’s Poolesville Day, and our CEO served this year as the Advocacy and Charity chair for the local Microsoft IAMCP. Corporate Network Services’ 46 employees work from four locations and remotely from home. Our Community Counts volunteer program aids the community we serve with our technology, while uniting disparate CNS departments and fostering better communication on the job. Employees can demonstrate skills they might not use in their normal capacities. We find volunteerism attracts new, talented, dedicated employees to the company and demonstrates our family-oriented caring attitude to our clients. Volunteerism fosters cooperation, team building, empathy, self-esteem and innovation benefiting our corporate culture and reinforcing the five tenets of our Attitude mission statement: • Our only product is our customers’ success. • We are the only resource that our customers need. • We know how our customers feel when their systems aren’t working. • We realize that our co-workers are our customers, too. • We accept the challenge of surpassing our customers’ expectations. CNS has volunteered 230 hours the past year. 2013 Annual Review

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For more than 25 years, Hope Burness Gleicher has been working for social change through nonprofit management, operations and fund development. She is a pioneer. Armed with a masters degree in social work and public administration, Hope first served as the Founding Executive Director for Health Care for the Homeless from 1984 to 1989. She also created and served as Executive Director of theWashington Regional Association of Grantmakers from 1991 to 1998. She then became Executive Director and then President of Trellis Fund from 1998 through 2006. She is alsoVice President of the Board of Directors of the Employment Justice Center, as well as serving on the board of the Committee for Montgomery. She has worked in battered women’s shelters and compassionately serves as a hospice volunteer through the Jewish Social Services Agency of GreaterWashington. Her kindness, patience, and thoughtfulness are manifest. Hope now serves as the Director of Nonprofit Montgomery (an affiliate of the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington), which is an alliance of nonprofit leaders dedicated to strengthening the voice, visibility and influence of the nonprofit community through strategic leadership development and advocacy.Through a coordinated business strategy, Nonprofit Montgomery believes in working together to solve problems that no one organization can solve alone. Hope works with nonprofit corporations in the same fashion that the CorporateVolunteer Council of Montgomery County (CVC-MC) works with private companies to improve our community. In February 2013, Nonprofit Montgomery partnered with Montgomery County government on research that showed that the County’s Nonprofit Sector garnered $4 Billion in purchasing

power, employed 43,000 people, paid $2.2 million in wages, and added 3,600 jobs between 2007 and 2011. One in ten employees in this County work at a nonprofit corporation.These economic figures are significant news to private companies as well as the government and its citizens. In FY2012, Montgomery County had almost 500 contracts with nonprofits that valued close to $97 million.Through her work at Nonprofit Montgomery and the Nonprofit Roundtable of GreaterWashington, Hope helps translate these funds into a positive, economic and social impact. When asked about the report, Hope responded, “We want to explore what nonprofit leaders can do – especially in partnership with our colleagues in private industry, education and government – to contribute more fully to the County’s overall economic health and to develop a broader, more unified strategy to create and fill jobs.” More jobs mean more wealth and prosperity for all of the members in our community, businesses and individuals alike. For all of her service, expertise, and leadership in the field of nonprofit management and development, CVC-MC is proud to recognize Hope Burness Gleicher as the 2013 Andrea Jolly President’s AwardWinner.

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2013 COMPANY STORIES ActionCoach Business Consulting How do you make a difference in the world? How do you make a difference in your community? How do you cure hunger? How do you create dialogue? How do you build relationships that are win-win? I have spent my life, both personal and professional, asking and answering these questions. As a business owner, the professional and personal have become intertwined, manifesting in a hybrid model for my business - one that centers on giving back. In my three years as the Chairman of the Board of Manna Food Bank, I started the Samuel and Harriet Miller Fund to Feed the hungry, a fund that in its eight years is responsible for raising more than $35,000 for Montgomery County's hungry. I also served as Chairman of the Board of the Rockville Chamber of Commerce.This position allowed me to directly impact the business community’s involvement with the city’s government and residents through establishing programs like BuyRockville. My community service work relates directly to my core business mission, which is to create and strengthen a fuller business community by engaging local businesspeople. As a son of small business owners, I know the connection between a business’s success and it’s ability to ﬂow between family, community, cities, states and nations.This perhaps has been my greatest accomplishment from my community involvement.

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Allentuck Landscaping This year, Allentuck Landscaping Co. celebrated our 25th anniversary. It seemed there was no better way of doing this than by continuing our long history of being a positive member of the community we serve and leaving behind a living legacy to honor our staff and customers. Our team worked in conjunction with the leadership at Hospice Caring Cottage in Gaithersburg to design and implement a Children’s Garden.The garden, located behind the cottage, contains a stone labyrinth, a moon gate, playful ornamental grasses, and many plants to attract butterﬂies and birds. Sculptures, birdhouse and childrenmade stepping-stones will be added later. A wonderful ribbon cutting was held with our entire staff, our friends at the Hospice Cottage, County Executive Isiah Leggett and Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz. It is our hope that the Children’s Garden will comfort the children of patients for years to come. Allentuck Landscaping Co. also took part in PLANET’s (Professional

Landcare Network) annual Renewal and Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery as it has for the seventh straight year. Our team worked on two stream-restoration projects, installing stone embankments and native plants. These projects repaired erosion and will prevent it from happening again. Arlington National Cemetery is sacred ground and we are proud to have an opportunity to make sure it always looks beautiful and stately. Very few things are as meaningful as having the opportunity to give our talents to the Hospice Caring Cottage and Arlington National Cemetery. It means a lot to our staff to know that our company cares for our community. These projects also serve as an opportunity to build teamwork and get to know each other away from our normal operations.They are reminders that collectively we are fortunate and grateful. It is also good for us all to stand ﬁrmly behind one of the tenets of our company; be active, responsible citizens in the communities in which we live and work.

ArbitrOption’s community service program emphasizes long-term volunteerism with organizations that are having a positive impact in our local community. Examples of these organizations include Montgomery Hospice, the CFA Society of Washington,Takoma Park Lions Club, and Piney Branch Elementary School PTA. By volunteering with Montgomery Hospice’s Corporate and Community Partnership Committee, ArbitrOption Managing Partner, Heath Winter, helps local businesses to support and partner with an organization that enriches all of Montgomery County. Heath helps the Program Committee of the CFA Society of Washington to develop events that educate and entertain local finance professionals. His work with the Takoma Park Lions Club helps to ensure that local philanthropy is available to support important causes such as public safety and protecting vision. Heath’s involvement in the community helps to enhance the firm’s local profile, raising potential clients’ awareness of ArbitrOption’s investment management services. As an investment management firm that seeks outperformance on clients’ behalf, community service benefits our culture by providing an ongoing awareness of the issues facing our community and the underlying necessity for the financial security that ArbitrOption can help achieve. 2013 Annual Review

Chamber of Commerce is to “Build an environment that encourages business to grow and prosper within a thriving Bethesda-Chevy Chase community.” And the Chamber believes the only way to accomplish this is to actively participate, promote and encourage their members to volunteer and give back into the community, thus making BethesdaChevy Chase a premier place to live and do business.

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Greater Bethesda Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce The Greater Bethesda Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce has a long history of service to both business and the community. Last year’s Goodwill Dinner marked the 24th anniversary of this event.What started as a simple request of the Hyatt Regency employees to provide a dinner for the homeless instead of receiving their annual turkey holiday gift has grown to serving over 465 guests last year.They included the homeless, families in transitional housing and seniors living in subsidized housing in the BCC community. This event, administered by the B-CC Chamber, is a true community partnership of volunteers who plan, fundraise, and work to provide a fabulous meal, gifts, and necessities to all the guests.The B-CC Rescue Squad generously donates the use of the Anastasi Room, and the Hyatt Regency Bethesda and Five Star Premier Residences of Chevy Chase provide a scrumptious buffet with carved meats, all the traditional trimmings, homemade desserts, fresh fruits and a gingerbread cookie-decorating bar.

The Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center and Bethesda Cares, provide the outreach needed to make sure that those less advantaged are invited to this event and coordinates the transportation for those who need it.The Bethesda Urban Partnership, along with The Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce, contact and synchronize local businesses and organizations to donate funds and items to

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provide the evening’s gifts and entertainment, including music, decorations, balloons, centerpieces and of course, Santa Claus.This includes collections in various Chamber member businesses and ofﬁces, of new hats, gloves and scarves for each guest to receive. Also distributed through Bethesda Cares, are “Street Survival Kits” to the homeless.These are backpacks ﬁlled with necessities such as new socks, thermal underwear, toiletries, hats, gloves, hand warmers and more.

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Each year the B-CC Chamber also sponsors flu shots in their office. Provided in partnership with Suburban Hospital, we offer the opportunity for business people to stop in on their lunch hour to get vaccinated. Our goal is to help stop the spread of flu in the work place. Also for over 22 years members of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase business community have provided high school junior and senior students with the opportunity to explore the world of work by visiting workplace sites and shadowing a mentor for the day. Career Partnership Day helps prepare students for their future by revealing new careers to them and giving the opportunity to see first-hand the connection between learning and earning, answering the age-old question, "Why do I have to learn this?" Last year 145 students shadowed at over 40 businesses in this partnership with the B-CC Chamber, Junior Achievement and the B-CC High School.This year we are pleased to add British School ofWashington as a participating school also. These are just a number of initiatives that the B-CC Chamber is involved with throughout the year.The mission of The Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase

Benefits Provider Network LLC is a small company with the large mission of changing how businesses can partner with and support non-profit organizations. David Miller, its founder, retired from corporate America to make a difference. In 2009, he created BPN using a fund raising approach used in the insurance industry. Insurance professionals are allowed to pay each other for introductions; this approach is compliant with insurance regulations and often generates $1,000 to over $100,000 in referral fees. BPN replaces the referring insurance professional with a charity/non-profit. Most of the referral fees now go to the charity/non-profit. BPN went to the top employee benefit providers and secured agreements to support charities and non-profits.Today, BPN’s partners include major supplemental benefit providers like Aflac, Colonial Life, and LegalShield; Kelly & Associates (one of the largest group benefits administrators); and energy providers, such asViridian and others. The next step was to work with charities and major supporters of charities to reach out to the business community and explain this new way of supporting non-profits. Employee benefits are improved with no additional cost to employers and non-profits receive substantial contributions. Friends and partners joined David in developing this new vision for supporting charities/nonprofits.These unpaid volunteers assist in supporting charities/non-profits, coordinate with benefit providers, and provide introductions to companies.

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Some of BPN’s current projects include: A partnership with the Center for Nonprofit Advancement (CNA) to support its almost 1,000 member organizations. New benefits are being offered to its members and fund raising support is being introduced. Working with membership organizations, BPN is exploring ways to reach a broader community. Multiple credit unions now offer their members access to enhanced benefits and a way to support local charity/non-profits at the same time.Working with a national police fraternal organization and credit union, BPN has been able to support Police charities. A number of community leaders are responding to BPN’s new approach. The President of a largeVirginia Bank provides introductions to large local companies.The former head of a major foundation recently joined the team. His wife, a fundraiser for charities for over 20 years, calls BPN’s approach a Paradigm Shift for the non-profit industry. Unusual partners have also joined BPN’s team.They work with a major energy supplier that provides FREE fund raisingWebsites for local charities/ non-profits.This program has been expanded to include Maryland,Virginia andWashington DC.There is even a national network of realtors who rebate 25% of their brokerage commissions to “Heroes” like police officers, firefighters, and now charity/non-profit employees. Given the excitement of its volunteers and partners and the new approaches being explored, BPN is looking to 2014 and beyond.They welcome the support and involvement of anyone who wants to join and build a new path for supporting charities/ non-profits. BPN’s sandbox is big and they have cookies.

Bethesda Magazine Bethesda Magazine is committed to giving back in two ways. First, the company donates a minimum of 5 percent of its operating income to charitable organizations, virtually all of which are in Montgomery County. Second, in 2012

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the company, along with C.Fox Communications, a Silver Spring PR and marketing firm, launched Community Profits Montgomery, an initiative to recognize businesses that are giving back locally—and to encourage others to do so. Any local business that gives at least 2 percent of its operating income to charity is eligible to join (and membership is free). Benefits of membership include a full-page Community Profits Montgomery ad in every issue of Bethesda Magazine that lists the members. “Giving back to the community is an essential part of the culture at Bethesda Magazine,” says Steve Hull, editor-in-chief and publisher. “We would give as much as we do even if there was no benefit to us. But, in fact, there is. I believe that people want to do business with a company that is investing in the community. I frequently hear from readers and advertisers who are aware of our charitable giving.”

Bold Concepts, Inc. Bold Concepts, Inc. was started by DavidWimsatt in the basement of his home in 1989. Giving to the community was part of his business plan. Bold Concepts was a major donor to the Montgomery County NAACP from its beginning. In 1996 Bold Concepts helped form theVictim’s Rights Foun-

dation. Mr.Wimsatt donated the 1st $500.00 to the non-profit organization and gave office space and 17 years later theVictim’s Rights Foundation still resides in the same space. The Montgomery County Maryland community has benefited in many ways from the employees of Bold Concepts partnership with theVictim’s Rights Foundation. In 2002 the employees of Bold Concepts joined theVictim’s Rights Foundation at the first press conference starting with the D.C area sniper shooting fund and theVictim’s Rights Foundation collected $500,000.00 for the shooting of the victims. All checks come to theVictim’s Rights Foundation office located at Bold Concepts, Inc. and also the employees helped and received over 2,000 checks mailed to the office.The Bold Concepts employees helped organize the 1st of 6 prayer vigils for the victims. One year later some employees went to court in support of the victim’s families. The Community service performed by the employees of Bold Concepts comes as a testimony to the mission of Bold Concepts, Inc. and its owner David Wimsatt.The Volunteer hours has helped the community and given Bold Concepts, Inc. some visible attention in the business world. Over 800 hours

were donated by employees of Bold Concepts Inc. In addition to helping the sniper victims Bold Concepts has been a sponsor of the Montgomery County Boys and Girls Club for the last 15 years. Bold Concepts has donated over $5000.00 in cash to the non-proﬁt organization. Employees have donated toys at Christmas and played in the Boys and Girls Club golf tournament over the years. By helping the Boys and Girls Club, which serves low-income kids, Bold Concepts helps the Community and if the kids didn’t have a safe place to go after school they could get into trouble in the community.The Company has donated over 300 hours to the Boys and Girls Club over the years. Another non-proﬁt organization that Bold Concepts, Inc. supports is The Women Who Care Ministries located in Montgomery Village, Maryland. Employees of Bold Concepts collect food for hungry kids by standing at food stores like Giant or Safeway.The food is placed in the kids backpack at school so they will not be hungry over the weekend. Bold Concepts Inc. employees have donated over 100 hours with this project.

CBIZ and Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. Again this year, in conjunction with CBIZ Women’s Advantage (CWA), CBIZ Mid-Atlantic offices and staff concentrated volunteer efforts in support of women in the community through local events and our annual national and local sponsorship of the Dress for Success (DFS) organization. Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit organization offering services designed to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. At the heart of Dress for Success is the belief that every woman can be financially independent.We share that belief and a recognition that achieve2013 Annual Review

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ment of this goal contributes to healthy families and strong communities. Throughout the year, CBIZ offices – locally and across the country – have led community events and office activities to raise funds, collect clothing and accessory donations and create awareness to support DFS’s mission. CBIZ makes national direct financial contributions to local offices of DFS and CBIZ local office fundraisers such as jeans days, raffles, auctions, ice cream socials have helped to raise thousands more. Importantly, these events provide an opportunity for our staff and associates to contribute personally. Our annual local fundraising Super Event for DFS was held on May 22 at the Bethesda Country Club. The event featured a fabulous venue, fantastic raffles and food and drink – all donations secured by our event team – and two dynamic speakers - Susan Miller, Ph.D.,Voice and Communication Consultant and Denise Mills, Chief Mindset Officer, LeaderFuelNow, who waived their speaker fees.Their presentations and the testimonials of DFS clients and leadership made for an exhilarating and meaningful experience for all in attendance. As we work to support DFS’s efforts to help women enter and re-enter the workforce, our aim is to help women build confidence and self-esteem, and provide them with the tools they need to get back on track for themselves, their families and the community at large. This is in perfect resonance with the culture our company – a national business consulting firm providing financial and employee services to enable the financial success of our clients – the mission of CBIZWomen’s Advantage mission to help women succeed in business, and the character and commitment of our employees to make a real difference in our community.

Chazin & Company, LLC Chazin & Company, LLC is a proud member of the CVC.We provide accounting, bookkeeping, business management and consulting services

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to small businesses and non-profit organizations throughout the Washington Metropolitan area.We also offer virtual bookkeeping services through our new division, My Virtual Bookworm, LLC. In an effort to give back to the nonprofit sector and community, Chazin & Company initiated a company-wide campaign called “Help Us Help Others.” We encourage our employees and their families to engage in philanthropic opportunities organized by our company. Recently, some of our staff and their families helped out at the CVC Volunteering For Business Day at Button Farm project and we are currently working on their next community organized event. In addition to our hands on volunteer efforts, we also offer financial support to various non-profits. Since joining the CVC, we have volunteered for Manna, First Fruits Farm and other CVC sponsored events. Adele Chazin is a newly appointed Board Member for the CVC and she and Suzanne Neider serve on the Finance Committee and Communications Committee respectively.We are gearing up our efforts for 2014 and look forward to supporting the CVC and non-profits in our area.

Clean Currents Clean Currents is deeply involved with our customers, working in neighborhoods and in other local groups where we do business to promote a more sustainable lifestyle and build strong green-minded communities. As a B Corp, Clean Currents upholds itself to high level of social responsibil-

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ity.We want to be an energy supplier that offers not only green energy but also a customer experience unmatched by other companies. We’ve always seen ourselves as a “for profit company with a non-profit mission” and being active in our community fits right into our ethos. Our Green Neighborhood Challenge program (GNEC) gives community groups and non-profits an opportunity to raise funds for green projects while increasing support for clean energy. Since we started this program 3 years ago, we have engaged over 150 communities in switching to wind power and donated over $20,000 to fund gardens, recycling and compost bins, energy efficiency initiatives, tree plantings, and environmental education programs. Our staff routinely partners with local organizations to perform various community services. In the fall of 2012, Clean Currents joined forces with residents and employees of the Blairs Apartments and DC nonprofit Casey Trees for a community tree-planting day. Volunteers planted 12 trees, a combination ofWhite Redbuds and Paperback Maples. Staff has also volunteered at DC Central Kitchen and taken part in the annual Anacostia River cleanup.

CPR AED and Safety Education As a small business with basically two full time employees and a cadre of part time contractors, we organize activities and events in an informal method.This has proven to be advantageous as we can respond to community needs in a ﬂexible and timely manner that would otherwise be slowed in a larger company by red tape and policies and procedures. We focus on activities that support basic human needs in shelter, clothing, food, and health. A list of some of our activities includes: • Food collection for Manna • Provision of a monthly dinner to| residents of Dorothy Day Place • Collection of school supplies for Montgomery County Public Schools • Collection of clothing for AWider Circle and ShepherdsTable • Provision of a board Member for Montgomery CountyThrift Shop, The Metropolitan Community Club, as well asTransformations of Montgomery County • Active membership in Leadership Montgomery • Stafﬁng of the Montgomery County Thrift Shop • To further the chain of survival in sud-

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den cardiac arrest, several staff members are American Heart Association Regional Faculty and members of the Regional Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee. • We provide discounted rates on our services to non-proﬁt organizations and individuals who are in need • Our core business trains over 1200 people a year to save lives • We provided over 300 hours of community service in the past year We have found that from participating in these activities have provided numerous intrinsic beneﬁts.There is a special feeling that one experiences when providing a direct service or gift to those who are in need. Further, these activities provide hope in the human race and inspire others to follow our example. Last, we meet our company’s mission to provide service to the community.We are proud of our accomplishments and look forward to another year of serving the community.

DeLeon & Stang, CPAs and Advisors DeLeon & Stang’s mission is “improving the lives of our clients, our staff and our community.”To further our community involvement, we worked with our staff during our annual strategic planning session and established our Corporate Social Responsibility/Volunteerism Program.The program was put in place as a way to bring together all employees and to volunteer as a group, to share experiences and to further our team building. Our combined total of community service hours this year was in excess of 1,500 hours. Prior to our official program, our employees served their communities by being involved in church groups, 4-H, scouting, coaching sports teams, as board members of various non-profit organizations, and more. On May 17, 2013, we volunteered as a firm with Junior Achievement’s JAin-a-Day program at Kingsview Middle School in Gaithersburg, MD.We taught sixth graders about financial literacy and played games that helped them understand the decisions they will have

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to make on a daily basis.We came away with a feeling of pride and accomplishment, as the students were able to gain a better understanding of the financial world and the things that their parents deal with daily. Some of the students even planned to make their own budgets.We are confident that the middle school students took their new-found knowledge home with them to ask their parents questions about their finances. A number of our staff and families also participated in a community service event In May 2013 at Button Farm in Germantown, MD, where we spent time cleaning, restoring, gardening, building gates and moving wood. On August 10, 2013, five of our staff tackled the mud and obstacles of the Dirty Girl Run in Clarksburg, MD to help raise money for breast cancer research. Mud and fun were enjoyed by all! In addition to these events, the firm participates in other ongoing events including Denim Day,Toys forTots, Dr. Bear’s Closet, school supply donations, and clothing and food drives.

The events we participate in benefit our community in a way that we know we are improving the lives of the people around us.We want to let our community know that we are here to help and to provide our services.We gave back to the community and the firm benefitted in unexpected ways as well.The team building helped foster a greater camaraderie with our peers at D&S.We were able to come together and share our experiences and figure out how we can do more for our community. We are very excited about our program and building stronger relationships not only through these teambuilding events with our staff but also with various nonprofit organizations.We are planning to incorporate even more events as we look to celebrate our 30th year in business and are motivated to be more involved in our community with the help of CVC.

Deutsch & Associates, LLC After several decades of industry experience, Dona Deutsch established Deutsch & Associates, LLC as a unique

employee benefits and health promotion firm, which integrates worksite wellness and health promotion initiatives into employee benefit programs. She helps companies identify high-risk behaviors and promote a healthier lifestyle through employee education and awareness. She manages both employee benefits and health promotion as one, so the programs work together to address the causes of absenteeism/presenteeism -thus increasing productivity and morale. Founder Dona Deutsch has a longstanding passion for community service, and has followed the footsteps of her parents in giving back to the community. Dona was a founding member of the board of directors for the FargoYouth Depot in North Dakota, while also volunteering at an art center and coaching gymnastics as a high school student. Dona currently serves on the board of directors for Hero Dogs and on its development committee, as well as the board of directors for CorporateVolunteer Council and its membership committee. In past years, Dona served with the Habitat for HumanityWomen Build 2011-2012 Program and as a certified cycling coach for the Special Olympics CyclingTeam of Montgomery County. This spring, Dona graduated from the Leadership Montgomery program. Other past volunteer experience includes:Team inTraining for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, MSWalk, and the inter-faith board of directors and several committees at her church. Volunteerism is a cornerstone of her company. She encourages her clients to implement socially responsible programs alongside their employee benefits and health promotion programs. She has helped several clients hold annual blood drives for the American Red Cross, in addition to collecting over 600 pounds of food for Manna Food Bank. She created the “Walk for a Purpose” program, in which her clients' employees walk during business hours, earning $1.00 per mile for a local charity.This program integrates wellness with a cause. Dona has performed over 300 hours of community service in the past 12 months. 2013 Annual Review

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eWomenNetwork eWomenNetwork is a community of women business owners and entrepreneurs that meets monthly to collaborate and connect.The goal is to support each other in the growth and success of our businesses. Our arm for giving to the community is the eWomenNetwork Foundation. The eWomenNetwork Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the financial and emotional health of women and children. Each month during our Accelerated Networking® luncheon we have a raffle where attendees buy raffle tickets to win donated products and services. In August 2014 at the eWomenNetwork National Conference, the Montgomery County chapter of eWomenNetwork gave a grant to Hospice Caring. In addition, to cash the grant includes attendance at the National conference and training for the Executive Director.The benefit of the grant is that Hospice will be able to fund more of its programs for Patient and Family, Adult Bereavement and Children’s Bereavement (our award winning Good Grief Clubs, ages 8-12 throughout the Montgomery County Public Schools and Camp Caring for grieving children ages 8-12).

The attendees at the luncheon participating in the raffles benefit by being able to use or experience a product or service of another business.The business gets to promote what they do when they donate the raffle item. eWomenNetwork’s has two key philosophies that are reflected in our efforts with the Foundation.The first is “Give first, share always.” The other is “Lift as you Climb.”.

Gaithersburg Germantown Chamber of Commerce The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) is a non-proﬁt organization dedicated to giving back and supporting the community. Through cash donations and various collections, the GGCC has a history of contributing to community organizations. In December 2012; our Chamber Members contributed food & cash donations to Manna Food Center. The food donated helped Manna feed many hungry families in our community. In August, the GGCC & the CVC-MC partnered to support Manna Food Center’s “Smart Sacks” Program, collecting 196 pounds of food and over $200 in monetary donations. The GGCC collected DVD’s that were donated to theWoundedWarriors

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Project.TheWoundedWarrior Project provides programs and services to severely injured service members during the time between active duty and transition to civilian life. The Chamber actively participates in the Montgomery County Police Santa Ride with a cash donation to assist families residing at the Children’s Inn at National Institutes of Health (NIH). Children come from across the country and around the world to stay together with their families at the Inn.There the children receive groundbreaking medical treatments. Santa Ride consists of Santa and his police brigade ride through the County picking up items from businesses and residents and completes their ride at the Inn where Santa and the officers spend quality time with the children and present them with gifts. Five scholarships totaling $15,000 were award to five Montgomery College students through the Montgomery College Scholarship Foundation. For 13 years, the GGCC, in support with Chamber Member companies, has supported tomorrow’s future leaders with means to help them aspire and reach their dreams. In addition to funding current scholarships, the Chamber has established an endowment for future giving. The endowment is currently at $35,000, with the goal of $100,000.This will ensure that the GGCC continues to support Montgomery College in perpetuity. For five years we have participated in the Montgomery County Summer Jobs Program.We were able to provide

a youth with a priceless opportunity to gain meaningful work experience. Additionally, we collect and donated school supplies to area school supply drives. We believe it is essential for students to have the appropriate equipment to be successful. Through the CVC-MC, we actively participate in the Montgomery County Public Schools Department of Family and Community Partnerships Back to School Drive in the summer. Every August, we are pleased to host our Annual Public Safety Awards breakfast, which honors the brave actions of our local law enforcement and fire and rescue personnel.This past August, we honored 33 men and women for saving lives, busting drug dealers, investigating fraud and other condemnable actions. Every fall we host a non-profit showcase where our non-profit members have the opportunity to show our members the great work they do in our community and to solicit support from our Chamber members. We believe anyone who volunteers will feel better emotionally, physically, and psychologically.The GGCC is grateful to have the opportunity to support these organizations and share our story with you. The GGCC is active in providing business-to-business networking opportunities throughout the year: a collective voice in local, regional, and state legislative affairs, professional development opportunities, and other services that enhance the business environment.

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute The Community Partnership program at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) began in 2010. Our goal is to provide a variety of appealing events and donation drives that inspire our employees, their families, and friends to participate. Over the past year, we have: • Organized a weekend volunteer event at AWider Circle (AWC). • Taught classes in AWC’s Center for Professional Development, covering topics such as how to search for jobs and resume writing techniques. • Participated in a weeknight job coaching program. • Organized a back-to-school drive that collected money and donations totaling 80 backpacks and 20 boxes stuffed with school supplies. • Held a professional clothing drive, in which we collected hundreds of items of clothing. • Collected food and toys during the holiday season. Over the last few years, HHMI’s community volunteer efforts have grown to include a core group of about 20 employees, plus many others who are actively engaged in planning events and promoting our volunteer efforts and giving campaigns. Our most recent back-to-school drive attracted monetary donations from nearly 100 employees, as well as numerous non-cash donations. At HHMI, our employees are encouraged to think creatively, and our commit-

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tee members are always in search of new volunteer opportunities that will enable employees to work together as a team for the beneﬁt of our local community.

Honest Tea Central to HonestTea’s mission is democratizing organics and bringing healthier beverages to the masses that unto itself, is our community service

project. However, we take that sense of community service and go one step further by hosting our annual employee service day in September. All over the country, in our local communities we get out and support the communities who support us. In the past we have planted trees, cleaned up from storms, worked at food banks and worked with recycling. In addition, our employees are granted 16 community service hours a year to do with what they are passionate about and on MLK day, across the country, we volunteer with CityYear. Giving back to our local communities is important to HonestTea.These are the places where we work and live and giving back offers our employees a sense of pride that they are helping the masses be healthy and helping their local communities. Annually we give back approximately 920 community service hours.

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create superior value and opportunities for our associates, investors, stakeholders, and communities. As we continue to grow and expand our global portfolio, our business strategy and culture remains grounded in a set of core values – EPIC: Excellence, Partnership, Integrity and Community. Consistent with our values, Host is committed to corporate responsibility and making a positive difference. Our corporate giving program is a fundamental part of being a good corporate citizen and strengthening our local communities.We support charities and philanthropic organizations through strategic and industry partnerships, sponsorships, ﬁnancial contributions, emergency relief, and volunteerism—with a focus on organizations that promote public awareness and advance research, education, and leadership development initiatives, as well as organizations that improve the health and lives of underprivileged men, women, and children. As an employee2013 Annual Review

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driven program, our associates are actively engaged in community service activities and we support the causes they care about most through our Denim Day and matching gift programs, and company sponsored walk. Our Service team of employee volunteers helps select, organize and lead service activities and events for the company. In 2012 and 2013, our less than 250 associates made an oversized impact in our communities. Among our many accomplishments, highlights from the last 12 months include: • Volunteered 216 service hours in one day to the Capital Area Food bank, packing 750 boxes of food to be donated to nonproﬁts and local residents in need. • Served more than 300 meals to homeless guests of So Others Might Eat in Washington, DC. • Ran two events beneﬁting the American Red Cross: a blood drive where we donated 18 pints of blood to the Rockville American Red Cross and “Change for a Cause” where we collected nearly $1,300 in coins for national disaster relief efforts. • Hosted a clothing drive with Interfaith Works, collecting 80 bags of winter clothing and shoes for the homeless in Montgomery County. • Packaged 14,604 meals with Stop Hunger Now to help feed children and families all over the world. • Participated in an environmental cleanup event with Anacostia Riverkeeper to clean up the neighboring community and watershed in Silver

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Spring, MD that ﬂows into the Chesapeake Bay. Assembled 2,500 meals in two hours with Feeding Children Everywhere to be donated through their Love Local program to Kids in Need of Distributors, which provides healthy meals to hungry kids in Montgomery County. Participated in the Alzheimer’s Association’sWalk to End Alzheimer’s in Washington, DC and raised a recordbreaking $68,967 – recognized as the top fundraising team. Partnered with the City of Gaithersburg to sponsor 75 less fortunate children for the holidays and donated toys, games, clothes, and other gifts. Supported our associates’ charities of choice through our Denim Day program, donating to a different charity each month including the American Cancer Society, Habitat for Humanity, Autism Society, Montgomery County Humane Society, DoctorsWithout Borders, Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund, and more.

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Learning that Montgomery County, for all its affluence, is home to thousands of poor people was a stark lesson for this fourth-grader and his classmates. He was so impacted and energized that he organized his classmates to donate clothing and toys to children in need. The spark was lit at Johns Hopkins Montgomery County Campus, where a dedication to community service and the embodiment of a philanthropic spirit are integrated into our day-to-day lives. Johns Hopkins Montgomery County Campus staff members are committed to community service, whether by opening our doors to nonprofits that need meeting space, hosting elected officials who need rooms to meet with their constituents, serving on community boards such as Crime Solvers and InterPLAY, or organizing food, clothing and school supply drives.The campus also hosts writing classes for children, computer classes through the Housing Opportunities Commission and hands-on science days that bring together organizations in the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center.

That school-age child was inspired by the bread baking program, which just completed a second year. Nearly 600 fourth-graders from eight Montgomery County elementary schools visited the Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus in April to learn the chemistry of bread baking from King Arthur Flour and the art of giving to the community. King Arthur Flour donated enough ingredients and supplies for each student to bake two loaves of bread at home. One loaf was enjoyed by the child’s family.The second loaf was donated to the InterfaithWorks Food Pantry. Johns Hopkins Montgomery County staff members organized the event, ensuring children had transportation to the campus, ensuring that children with wheat or gluten allergies had appropriate ﬂour and returning to the elementary schools to pick up the loaves of bread for donation to InterfaithWorks. During those visits to the elementary schools, Johns Hopkins and InterfaithWorks staff members talked to the children about the importance of community service and donating to those in need. Johns Hopkins Montgomery County Campus’s community service doesn’t stop there. In conjunction with JHU’s Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Center for Biotechnology, JHU brings in Brownie and Girl Scout troops for afternoons in the wet lab. Led by top-notch

John’s Hopkins University After donating bread through a partnership between Johns Hopkins Montgomery County and King Arthur Flour, a fourth-grader at a local elementary school was curious to know just how much his bread donation was needed at InterfaithWorks. Is it possible that this bread is the only food someone might eat all day, he asked. Are children hungry too? Do they have shoes?Toys?

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researchers, students learn how to extract DNA from strawberries, identify bones in owl pellets and the science behind making raisins “dance” in a vinegar and baking soda mixture.The idea is to expose young students to a real science lab and perhaps ignite a passion for a career in the sciences, technology, engineering or math. The campus hosts an annual juried art show for high school students, a community service for the teens who have an opportunity to display their art and for the community as a whole who can enjoy this free exhibit. JHU MCC is also home to the Shady Grove Farmers Market, which runs from May through October. As a community service, JHU gives the space to the market, supplies the electricity and helps promote the market to the public. JHU MCC does this because supporting the Farmers Market means supporting our local farmers and small-business owners while providing a gathering spot for the public to enjoy, eat and shop. The number of hours devoted to community service is immeasurable because it is woven into everything we do. Supporting our Montgomery County neighbors is our mission. Seeing a fourth-grader understand the importance of his bread donation is our reward.

Kaplan University Rockville Kaplan University Rockville has had a banner year for community service! Our year began by hosting a Blood Drive for the Red Cross in January. Not only did staff participate, but the community did as well. Leading up to May, we raised $5,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Great StridesWalk in Rockville.We were fortunate to have Mamma Lucia’s, AmericanTap Room and Bucca de Beppo donate gift cards for rafﬂing off which helped us reach our fundraising goal. In July, our staff collected school supplies for donation to Montgomery County Public Schools at the CVC’s Membership Breakfast. Additionally, the staff got together and donated close to 50 pounds of food to Manna’s Smart Sacks Program.We helped a KU student

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to help returning wounded veterans and their families.The awards are a program of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation established in 2003 to recognize the valuable contributions volunteers are making in communities across the nation. Since 2002, Lockheed Martin employees have logged over 11 million hours of community service nationwide. In 2012, Maryland employees volunteered close to 50,000 hours in support of causes in the state and pledged nearly $200,000 across 136 different charities located in Montgomery County through Lockheed Martin’s annual workplace giving campaign.The Corporation also contributed close to one million dollars toward Montgomery County-based organizations. Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 118,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products, and services.

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enroll in theWhite House Internship program in July and August.This initiative is sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services and helps talented, minority young adults.This is the second year we partnered with HHS with this initiative. We closed out the summer with another blood drive for the Red Cross where we collected over 20 pints of blood, which has the potential to help 60 people! Our community service programs have raised staff morale and created a sense of community within our office. Every time we finish an event, people are excited to find out what’s next.We are looking forward to a successful community service campaign in Q4 of 2013 and even more opportunities in 2014.

Lockheed Martin Corporation For the past eight years, Lockheed Martin employees have logged more than one million hours of volunteer service annually to advance the causes that are important to them, their communities and the nation. Close to 3,000 outstanding employees were presented with President’sVolunteer Service Awards by Lockheed Martin leaders during NationalVolunteerWeek (April 21-27, 2013) for volunteering more than 100 hours of service in 2012. Employee support included serving as mentors to students for STEM-related activities, tutoring, collecting food and toys for the needy, participating in walks and runs for health-related causes, and donating time

“Understanding what’s important” is more than a slogan – it’s a way of doing business. M&T Bank has always believed that its success is tied to the health and vibrancy of its local communities, and understanding what is important to each community is key. So, as a corporate citizen, we believe in providing resources to not-for-proﬁt organizations that make our communities better places to live and work.That’s why M&T Bank—and our employees—takes such active and engaged roles in our communities. M&T works with not-for-proﬁt organizations dedicated to increasing the quality of life and economic opportunities in the communities we serve.The bank supports organizations working on a wide variety of causes, with the leading areas being civic, arts, and human service causes. Operating as a community bank, charitable activities and grants are decided by our local teams, who understand those communities best because that’s 2013 Annual Review

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where they live and work. M&T Bank has maintained strong support of our communities over the years—especially in tough economic times when that assistance is needed most. Commitment to our communities goes beyond charitable grants. M&T encourages the commitment of its greatest resource, its employees, to give of their time and talents in the communities where they live, work and play. Our employees reported volunteering thousands of hours each month last year to ensure their friends and neighbors thrive. M&T Bank has been recognized as one of the top charitable companies in the United States. In addition to the ﬁnancial support we give, our employees support over 5,100 organizations. M&T Bank is a proud member of the Corporate Volunteer Council of Montgomery County, serving on their board of directors, and we are grateful for our afﬁliation.

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With more than 3800 hotels in 72 countries and territories, Marriott remains dedicated to creating a world of opportunity wherever it operates, including its hometown community of Montgomery County. Marriott’s corporate social responsibility strategy focuses on programs that foster opportunity and address poverty

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alleviation, the environment, diversity and inclusion, and career skills development.The company’s investment in workforce readiness in particular is helping guarantee both a future pipeline of talent for Marriott as well as stronger communities, and demonstrates how tourism can be a catalyst for economic growth. According to the USTravel Association, in 2012 domestic and international travelers spent $856 billion in the U.S. From Montgomery County to São Paulo, Brazil, Marriott is working to provide employment opportunities in our hotels and beyond through organizations such as Montgomery College and Universities at Shady Grove, Bridges…From School toWork,Youth Career Initiative, Back on My Feet, SOS Children’sVillages,The Akilah Institute forWomen, National Academy Foundation, Distributive Education Clubs of America, Hispanic College Fund, and United Negro College Fund to name a few. Opportunity also extends to Marriott employee volunteerism within our communities. President and CEO Arne Sorenson helps set the example during the company’s annual worldwide day of service - known as “Spirit to Serve Our Communities Day.”This year he joined Marriott employees to help build a KABOOM! playground at the Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy inWashington, DC. KABOOM! is a

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national non proﬁt dedicated to creating great play spaces through the participation and leadership of communities. In 2013 nearly 1,600 Marriott International Bethesda headquarters’ employees also volunteered more than 6,000 hours to support nearly 30Washington, D.C.-area nonproﬁt organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, InterfaithWorks, DC Central Kitchen, and National Center for Children and Families.They helped provide muchneeded assistance such as home building and refurbishing, meal preparation, and environmental cleanups and restoration. To learn more about Marriott’s efforts visit marriott.com/socialresponsibility.

MedImmune A strong connection to our community is an integral part of MedImmune’s history and our future.We seek to make a positive contribution to society through investment, in both time and money, to organizations and initiatives that make a true difference in our local and stakeholder communities. Through our mission-aligned philanthropy and corporate citizenship program, we feel we can have the greatest impact where we have the greatest expertise. As a result, our charitable giving and volunteer efforts focus on results-oriented programs that embody our core values and that are aligned with our business.

MedImmune concentrates our community outreach in two key areas: healthcare and science education.We seek to support programs and organizations that: Healthcare • Promote access to care and patient education in alignment with our therapeutic focus • Seek to advance the quality and delivery of healthcare • Improve the quality of life for those battling serious or chronic illness • Provide emergency healthcare and medical aid in the event of natural disasters through our disaster-relief partnership with Americares Science Education • Expose students to the life sciences and biologics • Educate students about career options in the life sciences/biologics and drive workforce development • Cultivate understanding of the link between science and medicine among the general public Volunteerism We recognize the value our employees bring to solving complex issues facing the community. In addition to participation in our corporate volunteer projects, each employee receives one paid day off a year to volunteer with a nonproﬁt organization of their choice. Since launching the program in mid-2012, employees have given more than 2,000 hours in service.

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Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union The structure of our credit union’s community service program has changed drastically from 2012 to 2013. In 2012 we worked with a lot of different community organizations throughout Montgomery County. Some of the organizations that we were involved with included: partnering with Interfaith Works to support their annualWalk for the Homeless, providing financial literacy training for clients of the Rockville Housing Enterprises, partnering with CAFÉ Montgomery by providing financial literacy training to first time student loan borrowers, partnered withWomen Who Care Ministries to deliver 2,190 snack packs of food toTitle-1 FARM students, and partnered with the Credit Union Foundation of Maryland as a joint sponsor to bring the “Millionaire’s Club” toWalter Johns High School. At the beginning of 2013 we implemented a new structure to our program by having our selected Community Ambassador’s, employees within the credit union from different departments, choose one charity and as a company we adopted only them for the entire year of 2013.The charity chosen was Manna Food Center. As a company we wanted to help Manna Food Center by supporting their efforts to feed those in need in our own county by collecting food resources and providing staff volunteers at their facility. At Mid-Atlantic FCU our culture of the company is to give back and help others.We are always looking for ways to help individuals succeed financially.This makes it very easy to apply the same principles in the community service sector. By adopting Manna food center we have been able to fight the battle of hunger in our county by supplying Manna with food donations as well as working at their facility to provide the food to individuals of our own community who are in need. The benefits to the community from our community service efforts with Manna food center have been great. As of September 1, 2013 we have donated 3,013 pounds of food and volunteered close to 200 hours.We also purchased

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a 1,029 pound steer at the Montgomery County 4-H Livestock Sale.This steer will be donated as meet to Manna Food Center to help feed close to 1,000 Montgomery County neighbors in need of food. Mid-Atlantic FCU has beneﬁted in several ways from being involved in the community.Volunteering together has developed a sense of teamwork among our employees, as we all are working together for the common good of others. We have been able to develop strong relationships with businesses and individuals out in the community, which in turn has developed a trust in our company. We also feel that people are intuitive and respond positively to genuine caring, therefore being involved in the community has given us recognition and is helping our business grow. From September 2012 to August 2013, as a company we performed 1,575 community service hours!

Monument Bank As a community bank, those on the outside would assume that we should be deeply committed to the communities we serve, and they would be right!With our 55+ employees and board members, we accomplish a lot. Even without a formal community service program, our staff and board of directors still commit hundreds of hours annually through ac-

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tive volunteerism – because they care. We have the young, athletic employees who look forward every year to participating in Dodge Ball for Diabetes as well as Bike toWork Day and theWalk & Ride competition, both sponsored by BethesdaTransportation Solutions. The not so youthful employees have demonstrated their stamina and commitment by not just walking, but actually completing, the 39-mile AvonWalk for Breast Cancer. It’s easier to write a corporate check, but when your employees make their own ﬁnancial contributions, which the company matches, it literally doubles the impact. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the Maryland Bankers’ Association solicited Maryland banks to make monetary contributions to the Red Cross to aid the victims of this devastating storm. Monument Bank, with the support of employees, board members and customers raised $17,000 to top the list

of Maryland banks participating in the fundraising. Similarly, employees made donations for the National Rebuilding Day for RebuildingTogether Montgomery County’s (RTMC). Although our employees and directors are generous in their own right, the Bank is also led by a truly community-minded individual. In June 2011, H.L.Ward, President and CEO of Monument Bank, was presented theWilliam Prescott Allen Award for Community Service by the Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chamber of Commerce.The Bank has also been the Event Sponsor for the B-CC Chamber’s Annual Golf Classic since 2007, with a hard-working employee serving as co-chair and bank employees eagerly volunteering at the tournament. Some of the non-profit beneficiaries of the Golf Classic have been the Special Olympics, B-CC Rescue Squad, Combat Soldiers Recovery Fund and Adventure Theatre’s “Anti-Bullying” PlayWriting Competition. Bank staff and directors alike commit hundreds of hours serving on the boards of our community non-profits, including but not limited to: Rebuilding Together MC, the B-CC Rescue Squad, Yellow Ribbon Fund, United Jewish Fund, Starlight Children’s Foundation, B-CC Chamber of Commerce, Acacia Foundation and BethesdaTransportation Solutions. Last but certainly not least, Monument Bank partnered with Grossberg Company LLP to create the Montgomery County Business Hall of Fame with the inaugural event, taking place on October 15, 2012. Net proceeds in excess of $250,000 were raised to fund the scholarship programs atThe Universities at Shady Grove (USG). Our goal is to make this an annual event that will fund the scholarship programs at USG for years to come! Educating future Montgomery County leaders is definitely a worthy cause! Can we offer precise community service hours provided? Perhaps not, but we know that what we do every day, every week and every month reinforces our bank’s mission that as a community bank we strive to serve our community to make it a better place to live and work. 2013 Annual Review

PHI, totaling all sources of contributions – pledges, special fundraisers, and corporate matching funds - more than $1.5 million went to UnitedWay and other local 501c(3) agencies, such as the Potomac Conservancy and the Montgomery County Community Impact Fund. At Pepco, we see corporate social responsibility as our duty.We take great pride in supporting Montgomery County and other communities to create a brighter future for years to come.

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Pepco Holdings, Inc. Pepco supports community activities that improve our customers’ quality of life. Our goal is to make a difference in Montgomery County and surrounding communities by building meaningful partnerships with various non-proﬁt agencies, organizations, charities and startup community-based programs. Our employees volunteer thousands of hours to public service every year, and take great pride in serving Montgomery County in the following areas for community impact:Youth and Education; Workforce and Economic Development; Health and Safety; Environment; Arts and Culture; and Civic Engagement. From Imagination Stage to the Treatment & Learning Centers, Pepco made more than $337,000 in ﬁnancial contributions to an array of organizations in Montgomery County in 2012.This commitment, to be connected and make a positive difference in our communities as strong corporate citizens, was demonstrated with our involvement at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair. The company was proud to sponsor the

Pepco Community Stage at Racing Park, which featured musical performances by local youth. Employees also played a role by volunteering at the Fair’s energy information booth.We look forward to strengthening our involvement at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in the years ahead. Pepco employees also rolled up their sleeves last April to help clean up the Anacostia River shoreline on Earth Day. Our “GreenTeam” -made up of more than 40 employees and their families – cleaned up trash and removed invasive plants and weeds, along more than 20 sites on the shores of the Anacostia River and several tributaries in Montgomery County.The donation of staff’s personal time to support the AnacostiaWatershed Society, helped restore the world’s most valuable resource-clean water. One of our most impactful community moments in Montgomery County is the donation of funds raised through the PHI Community Foundation Pepco Golf &Tennis Classic. Proceeds from this event go directly to three local charities in each jurisdiction that we serve to help local families in need with their winter

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energy bills. In Montgomery County, InterfaithWorks is the recipient and distributor of the funds.We are proud to share that since its inception, the tournament has raised more than $1.5 million with $490,000 of that amount, designated to Montgomery County. Another channel for giving is our annual UnitedWay campaign, which aids deserving residents in Montgomery County and its surrounding neighborhoods that we serve. Last year, we exceeded our ﬁnancial goal with Pepco employees working hard to raise and personally contribute more than $273,000. For Pepco and our parent company,

Pierre & Associates is a law firm with over 22 years of experience representing clients in general and complex business and family law matters. Pierre & Associates has represented clients in business law matters, employment law matters, family law matters, criminal law matters, juvenile law matters, guardianship matters, wills and estates, and probate matters. Marylin Pierre is a full-time attorney in the firm and she works with several well-qualified contractual attorneys that are associated with the firm. Pierre & Associates has drafted, negotiated, and administered a variety of commercial and governmental contracts for our clients.We have drafted agreements such as proprietary non-disclosure agreements, software licensing agreements, and technical assistance agreements.We have registered copyrights, established restrictive stock options and executive incentive plans for businesses, and interpreted and reviewed Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the Code of Maryland regulations (CO-

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MAR) for our clients.We have completed and negotiated United States General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Awards Schedule contracts, the (FABS) and for our clients. We have conducted Equal Employment Opportunity complaint investigations for the federal government.We have drafted employment handbooks for companies.We have negotiated engagement and termination contracts for employers and employees.We have represented clients in age discrimination cases, Americans with Disabilities Act cases, and employment discrimination cases. We have constructed and negotiated marital property settlement agreements, pre-nuptial agreements, post-nuptial agreements, and Qualiﬁed Domestic Relations Orders (QDRO). We have represented clients in highly contested divorce cases and uncontested divorce cases.We have represented parents and children in Children in Need of Assistance (CINA) cases – establishing the record in two Circuit Court cases that became reported cases in the Maryland Court of Appeals.We have represented parents and children in termination of parental rights (TPR) cases, adoption cases, and guardianship cases. When the attorneys at Pierre & Associates are not providing our clients the exceptional legal services that our clients have come to expect, the attorneys are giving back to the community. Marylin Pierre, the principal attorney of Pierre & Associates, is currently the president of the J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association, the largest and most active specialty bar association in the State of Maryland. As the president of Bourne, Ms. Pierre has been able to mentor young attorneys and have introduced many young attorneys to potential mentors and potential employers. This year, Ms. Pierre was able to work with the Bar Association for Montgomery County to co-sponsor an event to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 50th Anniversary of the March onWashington.That event gave the members of the J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association and the Montgomery County Bar As-

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sociation an opportunity to network and enjoy each other’s company in a relaxed and fun atmosphere while learning about the history of our country.

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Portal Solutions’ community service programs combine our employees’ areas of interest with respect to philanthropic activities and where, collectively as a company, we feel we can have the greatest impact.We survey our employees and have group brainstorming sessions and then narrow down the potential volunteer opportunities we are going to pursue.We try to select activities that will involve all employees regardless of their skills, experience and role within the organization. Also, since we are a technology consulting firm, we do have specific skills we offer non-profits that would include building websites, corporate intranets that help to connect partner, donors, and other external stakeholders. With our assistance we believe non-profits benefit from not only being able to execute on the mission today but to help them build capacity to expand over time by sharing our skills and experience. Being involved in the community benefits the Portal Solutions’ team in a variety of ways. For us, it builds team spirit, increases morale and creates a

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common purpose outside of ‘work’ to engage with one another.We’ve noticed when employees volunteer their time to a special cause, internal communication increases, a sense of purpose ﬁlls the air and relationships blossom that otherwise may not have developed. Being involved in the community and having a real sense of caring about people, further conveys the importance our organization places on people, both customers and those in need. In addition, the community services we perform have a direct correlation to our culture and mission statement – to provide remarkable customer experience, to care and to take pride in your work, organization and community.This continues to reafﬁrm the importance the organization places on people. Our involvement also allows us the opportunity to help make the community a better place to live and work.

An important part of Shulman Rogers’ firm culture and history is community service. From April 2012 through April 2013, Shulman Rogers commemorated its 40th Anniversary by orchestrating A SpecialYear of Giving community service campaign. OurYear of Giving campaign honored the community and clients who have supported us.The yearlong effort consisted of attorneys, staff and employees focusing on a different non-profit organization each month and various teams of Shulman Rogers volunteering to make a difference. TheYear of Giving activities included: a book drive for Ivymount School; a Shulman Rogers team and cheerleaders to take part in the AVONWalk in our Nation’s Capital; and building a children’s playroom at a shelter for victims of domestic violence. In May, we collected backpacks and school supplies for InterfaithWorks. A legal assistant organized a Blood Drive for the American Red Cross for all of the firm’s employees to help ease the critical blood supply shortage in the MetroWashington Area. As part of the firm’s support of the Ivymount School, our book drive included the donation of iPad products to assist students with computer learning and organizational skills. Our firm’s help with Ivymount’s dog biscuit sale was a learning tool and fundraising activity with mentors for the students. In September, the firm put on their hard hats for a deconstruction project with Habitat for Humanity. In April 2013, we culminated our campaign with a 5K race for the National Institute of Health, raising over $30,000 from this one event for the Children’s Inn. In 2014, the firm’s new Community Service Outreach Committee will continue to lead and develop programs for all of the firm employees to give back and be part of the community.To keep up with Shulman Rogers’ community efforts, visit our website at ShulmanRogers.com or check out our Facebook page. 2013 Annual Review

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Social & Scientific Systems As employee-owners, we live our mission—to improve public health worldwide—and values. Giving back to the community is lived by our employeeowners through our corporate projects and individually, on personal projects. One fun, successful way we engage staff in fundraising projects is through silent auctions: staff contribute items or services, and all staff can compete to purchase these items.The money raised is donated to the target organization. And, we honor all employee-owners who have volunteered throughout the year during NationalVolunteerWeek. We have a community service program that is led and organized by an all-volunteer committee that meets monthly to review, discuss, encourage, and support various service activities. There is a direct benefit to our staff who volunteer in terms of both physical and mental health. Individuals’ increased abilities gained from community service strengthen their projects and the company. Staff also gain leadership skills when they chair a project or subcommittee, which adds to their professional development. Our volunteer program has thrived over the years and has provided numerous benefits. Our community service and annual giving centers around four themes: health, place, inclusiveness, and family. Highlights for this year include supporting programs aimed at advancing research for specific diseases, including

AIDS, leukemia and lymphoma, and other different types of cancer.We added new projects, including sponsoring several food drives, collecting household items for a local shelter, and monthly participation in packing weekend food parcels for school children.We also distributed food and gift certiﬁcates to more than 200 area families and donated about 400 handmade security blankets to children.

Sport Automotive Sport Chevrolet and Honda have been actively participating in Montgomery County volunteerism since 1968. Maryland’s First Service Supremacy Dealer, Sport has always tried to foster a spirit of teamwork, employee awareness, and community activism. Robert Fogarty, the Dealer Principal and son of Founder, George Fogarty, has been an active member of the Metropolitan Washington Better Business Bureau, the only business member of the Montgomery County Consumer Advisory Board (appointed by Ike Leggett), and Chairman of theWashington, DC Auto Show and Past President ofWashington Automotive New Automotive Dealers Association (WANADA). Sport is active in the Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce andThe Shepherd’sTable. Each December, Sport Chevrolet partners with several local charitable organizations to sponsor our annual Holiday Bike Program, designed for needy children.These

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charities include; Montgomery County Linkages to Learning;The Archdiocese of the Catholic Church; Episcopal Charities, the Montgomery County Boys and Girls Club; and the Montgomery County Foster Care Program. Each charity picks several needy children and brings them to Sport with the premise of attending a Holiday Party. Holiday decorations are put up for a festive affair and one half of the showroom is curtained off from the children’s view. Each year Santa enters the showroom in a different way; by a ﬁre truck, crane and even with a police escort. Once Santa arrives, the curtain drops and exposes 125 brand new bikes. Santa (played by MikeTemple, Sport Service Consultant) and Mrs. Claus (Missy Fogle, Honda Service Center receptionist) call out each child’s name from our list of recipients and give them their new bike and helmet.To add the realism of the “magic of Santa” we have a few personal notes on each child, such as a

child getting an “A” on their spelling test. Several local businesses help with this event;The Corvette Club of America pays for the helmets, Pepsi Bottling Plant supplies the drinks, Andre, from the localTrickTrucks, makes balloon animals, and Chick-ﬁl-A supplies over 100 kids meals. Last year the Montgomery County Police Choir sang carols that added a special ﬂair to the evening. For the forth-consecutive year the American Heart Association has recognized Sport Chevrolet Company as a “Fit Friendly Company.” Sport earns this award by adhering to strict standards established by the American Heart Association in categories of nutrition, culture and physical activity for the Sport employees.This year, incorporated into their wellness program, Sport Chevrolet employees walked during business hours for two local charities and each mile walked equaled one dollar for the charities. Hero Dogs received a check for $500 plus much needed supplies andThe Shepherd’sTable received a check for $800 plus toiletries. Several Sport employees volunteered to serve dinner atThe ShepherdsTable and have agreed to volunteer annually. Sport employees also collected over 600 lbs. of food for Manna Foods. Sport is thrilled to be a member of the CorporateVolunteer Council and looks forward to our continued efforts to encourage our employee volunteerism and support of local charities.

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Starpower Fitness With a passion to make a difference in the health and wellness industry, Laura Starr Levengard founded Starpower Fitness in 2002. A nationally certiﬁed personal trainer, Laura has made it her mission to help adults and children maintain a healthy lifestyle that will lead to a lifetime of good habits and physical independence. Starpower Fitness’ corporate social responsibility mirrors Laura’s personal mission to help the citizens of Montgomery County. In between raising two teenage boys and running her business, Laura logs over 500 hours a year in serving the community. Laura serves as the Personal Fitness Merit Badge Counselor to Boy ScoutTroop 1083 as well as the Court of Honor Organizer for 6 dinners of 150 people per year, a board member ofTransformations of Montgomery County as well as their Secretary, Mentor andTrainer with EmpoweredWomen International, member of the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School PTO with several positions and has given many hours of general community service to such organizations as Shepherd’sTable, National Center for Children and Families and their FutureBound program, Montgomery Serves Awards program and AWider Circle. This year, the B’nai BrithYouth Organization hosted an International Convention inWashington, DC. Laura and her family hosted several teens from Argentina for 2 weeks. Great fun and a learning experience! Laura also advises new businesses and non-proﬁts including Leveling the Playing Field and Capital City Sweets andTreats, a recent award winner with the StartRight! Business Plan Competition. One of this year’s biggest jobs is as theVolunteer Co-Chair for the 44th Annual JCC Book Festival held in November over 10 days with more than 20 events planned.

Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll P.C. Stein Sperling was established in 1978 and, over the years, has grown to be one of Montgomery County’s largest law

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• Rainbow Place. Last winter, attorneys and staff collected personal hygiene items such as shampoo, toothpaste and hairbrushes for inclusion in stockings presented to residents at this women’s shelter in Rockville. Rainbow Place focuses on keeping homeless women off of the streets during the winter months.

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firms. Our goal then—as it still is today— was to make meaningful connections with our clients, community and colleagues by dedicating ourselves to the highest levels of service, integrity and excellence. A fundamental component of our culture is our tradition of community service.We care about the quality of life in our community and do our part to ensure the success and well-being of its members. Our attorneys and staff participate in community festivals, fundraising for local hospitals, civic and service organizations, as well as other forms of giving. Among our many accomplishments, highlights from the last year include: • Manna Food Center. Staff and attorneys packed boxes to be distributed to families in need. Each packing session provided enough food for 192 families in Montgomery County over a course of a week.The firm also has held a food drive to provide the food bank with canned goods. • Boxes of Love.The firm donated boxes of food and served as a pick-up location for Boxes of Love, a campaign that combats post-holiday hunger in the DC metropolitan area. • Annual InspirationWalk and Run for Special Olympics (Montgomery

County).While a single Stein Sperling attorney co-led a bar association committee in the planning and execution of the first annual InspirationWalk, several Stein Sperling attorneys and staff volunteered for and participated in the event held on October 14, 2012, in Bethesda. Proceeds from the annual event provide year-round sports and leadership programs for Montgomery County children and adults with intellectual disabilities, and the firm is signed on to participate again in 2013. • Homeless Children Playtime Project. Annually, the firm makes a holiday donation to this organization in honor of our clients and friends of the firm. These funds help to provide homeless children in D.C. with weekly activities, toys and opportunities to play and learn, all in a safe place.This year, Stein Sperling also donated pop-up play tents and school supplies to be used at D.C. homeless shelters. • Toys forTots. Last year, as part of the firm’s annual holiday celebration, Stein Sperling attorneys and staff collected over 150 toys to donate toToys for Tots.Through this effort over 100 lessfortunate children received a new toy for the holidays.

Since the company’s inception, StorageVillage has emphasized community service as a fundamental pillar of their organization. It is one of their three core values, the others being excellence and integrity.They fulﬁll their mission to be “the trusted home for your possessions” through consistent volunteerism and good corporate citizenship, and are proud to be one of the pioneering members of the CorporateVolunteer Council. The tone is set by the President of StorageVillage, Larry Goldberg. Mr. Goldberg currently serves on the board of Manna, and was the chair of the committee to hire Manna’s new executive director. He has worked with the Network forTeaching Entrepreneurship, speaking to a class of vocational high school students concerning how to successfully overcome obstacles, the importance of maintaining integrity, and how to become a successful business owner. As a company, StorageVillage expresses their gratitude for the community that they are a part of by giving back throughout the year. Each full time employee donates at least 8 hours of his or her time per month to the volunteer organization of their choosing. By allowing each employee to choose an organization they feel passionate about, employees often volunteer more than the requisite 8 hours. Onsite, the company gives back by providing free or discounted storage space for non-proﬁts in need of storage. Additionally, StorageVillage houses MSI’s annual cleat collection drive, which caters to 20,000 families in Montgomery County who cannot afford to purchase cleats.They encourage 2013 Annual Review

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their tenant community to contribute by hosting a canned food collection center that provides a constant source of alleviation for hunger.With each new move in, the first month costs $1 with the donation of 3 cans of food. All food collected at theirWhite Flint location is brought to Manna. Online, StorageVillage has a community links page that serves as a resource for identifying and locating exceptional non-profit organizations in its communities.They also regularly utilize social media and their newsletter to highlight the non-profits that they serve. Every October, StorageVillage spearheads a community-wide coat collection initiative to make sure our neighbors aren’t left out in the cold, donating the coats to an organization that serves the store’s community. In November, StorageVillage helps ensure that all members of our community can enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner through its “Room for Dinner” campaign. In this initiative, StorageVillage purchasesThanksgiving meals for neighbors in needs, matches the number of meals with the number of units rented during the first three weeks of November, with a minimum of 20 meals. In December, StorageVillage holds a toy drive forToys forTots, wherein individuals donate new toys for the children in our community whose parents cannot afford Christmas gifts. When not doing season-specific campaigns, StorageVillage purchases and sells water bottles, donating all money

from the water bottle sales to non-proﬁts that serve our community. StorageVillage continually looks for new ways to engage with and give back to their community. Earlier this year, StorageVillage Self Storage brought the community together in support of the arts and community service at their headquarters in North Bethesda, MD. Artists from across the DC Metro area, including renowned muralist Eric B. Ricks, transformed StorageVillage’s storefront into a bright and beautiful celebration of community service. Participants came throughout the day, contributing to a collaborative community service mural, and donating cans of food to the StorageVillage food drive beneﬁtting Manna.

The Fehlig Group The Fehlig Group (TFG) has been providing management consulting in socially responsible business practices for over 18 years. Mary Fehlig’s vision of corporate social responsibility (CSR) focuses on how a business of any size values its key relationships with employees, customers, the community and the environment. TFG has guided and supported many businesses in developing volunteer programs as a valuable component of an overall CSR strategy. Consequently, we have long been associated with the CVC-MC,The Alliance for Workplace Excellence and Business for Social Responsibility. Mary has served over the past year as one of the CVC-

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MC’s volunteer program development consultants. This pro bono professional consultation is a benefit to CVC-MC member organizations. In terms of direct community involvement, Mary and her associates have provided pro-bono consulting services to non-profits over the years.The Fehlig Group supports several community groups with direct donations of money, requested supplies and volunteer hours. The organizations supported are linked by a common thread of community building. Mary has provided board leadership to InterfaithWorks in making community connections that enhance their efforts on behalf of the poor in Montgomery County.The Fehlig Group supports the Interfaith Clothing Center by helping to coordinate donations. Mary is the Chair of the Gaithersburg Arts and Monuments Funding Corporation (GAMFC), a non-profit organization working to raise awareness of and build support for revitalization and arts initiatives in the city.

The Gazette In 1998,The Gazette adoptedViers Mill Elementary School in Silver Spring, fulﬁlling a commitment to Montgomery’s Promise and to the Points of Lights program by participating in weekly mentoring sessions with students. Viers Mill Elementary school has a huge percentage of children inTitle I and a substantial number are considered to live in poverty.The number of languages spoken in the school is in the dozens, so English language skills at home are often limited.

Mentors meet with students not to be tutors, but to be another positive adult who is there to support them. Principal Matthew Devan and Counselor Santa Scott are committed to enrolling students who could beneﬁt greatly from this program. Within the past ﬁve years,Viers Mill has been recognized as a Blue Ribbon school both in the state and nationally and has recently hosted President Obama to celebrate this accomplishment. Last year, eight Gazette employees devoted an hour each week to mentor a student at the school, helping them with their studies in addition to providing counsel and companionship. “Our students look forward to their time with their mentor and are eager to have someone listen to them,” said Principal Devan. “For that one hour of time, the one-on-one mentoring program focuses on the needs of the student.The program helps our kids feel good about themselves, raises their self-esteem, and above all gives the student a positive role model.” Several students were asked to share the experience they’ve had with their mentor: “It helps me when I am mad to see someone that doesn’t get me mad. My mentor is so fun, and it is one of the best things that ever happened to me atViers Mill. My mentor took me to see one of my favorite wrestlers at the auto show and I’ll never forget it.”

“I like that the mentors come to help children and give good advice to us. They make us feel special because we get to talk to them about our fears in life

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and they listen to everything we say and make me comfortable. It makes us feel special because they leave their work just to see some kid they never knew.Wow, I’m special!” “I like that we can talk about our problems, what happened to me, and she will always make me happy and she is very nice to me. On the ﬁeld trip she had a broken leg, but she still walked with me. She is my best mentor ever!” Over the past 15 years, Gazette employees have logged more than 3,000 volunteer hours atViers Mill, hosted annual holiday toy drives and invited students, families and teachers to the mentorship kickoff luncheon and an end-of-the-year ﬁeld trip.

Van Eperen and Company Van Eperen and Company (VE & Co.), was founded on the principle of providing unparalleled service to clients and has remained committed to this mission for nearly a decade.With the same steadfast dedication shown to its clients, VE & Co. serves the community. With a well-established commitment to community service,VE & Co. requests that all employees participate in community service on their own or through the company. Staff members are allowed to volunteer during work hours toward the cause of their choice and support the ﬁrm’s “charities of choice” via donated professional PR and Marketing time and expertise. In 2010,VE & Co. was proud to receive Community Ministries of Rockville’s Burning Bush Award for its support of the organization’s mission to improve the quality of life for Montgom-

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ery County’s most vulnerable residents. The firm donated its services, along with supporting vendors’ talents for the grand opening of the Mansfield Kaseman Community Health Clinic. During the last few years,VE & Co. has supported Boulder Crest Retreat forWoundedWarriors,The Arc of Montgomery County and A Message of Hope Cancer Fund. The connection between an organization and the community is important. Through volunteerism,VE & Co. and its employees have made profound connections with community-based organizations within Montgomery County, and beyond. Not only does service have a positive impact on the community, it also has had a positive impact onVE & Co.’s staff.Volunteering has improved employee retention, morale and productivity. Staff has a deeper connection to the firm for its commitment to the community, and has proudly donated more than 1,000 pro bono hours to charitable, civic and professional organizations since 2009.

Washington Gas AtWashington Gas, nothing gives us more pride and pleasure than participating in the communities in which we live and serve. Our success as a company is deﬁned in many ways, including being able to contribute substantively to the well being of the community.We are a member of our community as both a natural gas utility and an institution that continually and consistently lends a helping hand. Our company and our employees are dedicated to generous giving and our Charitable Giving Program is focused on the environment, education and health. The program supports hundreds of regional charitable organizations through donations, in-kind contributions and employee fundraising. In 2013,Washington Gas provided approximately $1 million in corporate donations to area charitable organizations. The commitment by our employees to the communities we serve is second to none. In our recently concluded 2013 ﬁscal year, we once again saw a high level of volunteer dedication with our employees giving nearly 10,000 hours of their

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time to charitable organizations throughout the District of Columbia, Maryland andVirginia. During the past year, volunteers completed more than 50 projects within our service area. In Montgomery County, Washington Gas volunteers served the homeless at Shepherd’sTable, worked with clients as well as donated food to those in need at AWider Circle, served as timekeepers, moderators and judges at the Maryland Science Bowl at Montgomery College and assisted clients and sorted donations at the Interfaith Clothing Center. Our signature philanthropic program is theWashington Area Fuel Fund (WAFF), which provides funds for all types fuel (natural gas, electric, oil) to heat the homes of families in need.WAFF is administered byThe Salvation Army and Washington Gas pays all of the administrative funds to ensure that every dollar donated goes to help our neighbors stay warm in the cold winter months. This past year,WAFF disbursed more than $723,000 to help more than 7,000 residents. Since we launched the program in 1983,WAFF has disbursed nearly $23 million and has helped more than 260,000 people.

Our dedication and spirit of giving does not go unrecognized. For the sixth consecutive year, we were honored that TheWashington Business Journal recognizedWashington Gas’ corporate social responsibility in two areas. The company was ranked 17th out of 25 companies in volunteer hours and ranked 22nd out of 50 companies in the metropolitan area for our corporate giving program. Washington Gas employee volunteers raised more than $80,000 for the 2012 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s LightThe NightWalk and the company contributed a $10,000 corporate sponsorship allowing the company to be the top performing corporate team for the National Capital Region this year. Since 2000,Washington Gas and our employees have reached a milestone and raised more than $563,000 to ﬁght leukemia, lymphoma and related blood diseases. The time and hard work provided by the dedicated employees of our company are at the heart of everything we do in the communities we serve.Through our projects and advocacy efforts,Washington Gas is not just involved in our community, we are committed to it. 2013 Annual Review

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